Our Story
The founder story behind Afrika Experience.
Founder & CXO
“In 2004, I led my first three-week expedition across Kenya for a group of close friends. What began as a personal passion for adventure quickly evolved into a lifelong calling. Over twenty years later, I remain dedicated to sharing the extraordinary beauty, culture, and wilderness of Africa through completely custom, masterfully planned journeys.”
Team
Client Experience Manager
“I am passionate about helping people experience Kenya through the eyes of someone who truly calls it home. I know that arriving in a new country can feel both exciting and overwhelming, and I love being the person who makes that transition effortless. Whether it's a warm welcome at the airport, recommending a hidden gem for dinner, or solving the unexpected, my goal is simple: to help every traveler feel safe, supported, and free to enjoy the very best of Kenya.”
Quality Assurance Partner
CJ reviews every itinerary, lodge selection, and operational detail before you travel, ensuring each journey meets the standards we hold ourselves to, from planning through delivery on the ground.
Lead Logistics Partner
Sam coordinates ground logistics across East Africa: flights, transfers, lodge connections, and on-the-ground timing, so every leg of your journey runs seamlessly.
On Safari
These are the journeys we design: wildlife at dawn, lodges in the bush, and the people and places that make East Africa unforgettable.
Why Afrika Experience
Every itinerary begins with listening, not selling. We design around your pace, priorities, and the moments that matter most to your family.
This is why we call it a design process: every journey is handcrafted and personally managed from first conversation through final documentation.
Our Philosophy
Afrika Experience is an independent travel studio, not a tour operator. We design intimate, high-narrative journeys for a discerning few, with the quiet expertise that only decades on this continent can provide.
How We Work
A private conversation, by phone or video, where we listen first. Your pace, your passions, the feeling you are chasing. No templates. No pressure.
Your Destination Specialist distills hundreds of options into a bespoke draft itinerary: lodges, guides, routes, and rhythms shaped around you alone.
Together we fine-tune every detail until the journey feels inevitable.
Charters booked, guides briefed, contingencies mapped. You travel knowing every hour behind the curtain has been handled by people who live on this continent.
Our Presence
Client Care & Journey Strategy
Our U.S. office handles consultation, planning alignment, and concierge support in North American time zones.
Operations & East Africa
Our on-continent operations base coordinates guide teams, logistics, and local partnerships for seamless delivery.
Behind the Curtain
Bush planes, helicopters, and private transfers coordinated across remote airstrips, so you never lose an hour to logistics.
We work only with trackers and naturalists we know by name. Many have guided our own families for twenty years.
Private villas, exclusive-use camps, and conservancy relationships unavailable through conventional booking.
A dedicated team on the continent, reachable at any hour, from Nairobi to Arusha to Kampala.
Why Travelers Trust Us
Most of our travelers come to us by introduction. Many return year after year. A few have entrusted us with three generations of family journeys. We are honored by every one and design each as though it were the only journey we will ever build.
